HarmoniesWays to pair this color with others by where they sit on the color wheel: its opposite, shapes of two to four colors spaced around the wheel, its neighbors on either side, then the same hue lighter, darker, warmer, cooler and quieter. Each strip leads with this color. Tap one to open its kit built that way.
How It Reads#79495A set as type with the kit Chromary builds for it, both ways round, strongest first. Each is graded by APCA, the measure of how strongly text stands off its ground as eyes see it: Any text and Body text read at every size, Headlines and large text from about 24 pixels, Display sizes for names, logos and big headlines. Pairings too faint for text, or that collapse for red- or green-blind readers, are left out. The small numbers are the APCA score (Lc) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.
Pink Milk on #79495A#79495ASet in Pink Milk on #79495A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 6.0:1#79495A on Pink Milk#79495ASet in #79495A on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 6.0:1Aurora on #79495A#79495ASet in Aurora on #79495A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 4.9:1#79495A on Aurora#79495ASet in #79495A on Aurora, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 4.9:1Pink Lemonade on #79495A#79495ASet in Pink Lemonade on #79495A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 4.5:1#79495A on Pink Lemonade#79495ASet in #79495A on Pink Lemonade, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 4.5:1
For every eye: Pink Milk on #79495A
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